A2 News and Notes
May 2001

INDEX

* Delphi Electronic Mail to End June 1, 2001
* Inaugural Vintage Computer Festival East Announced
* Ken Gagne Announced as KFest Roast Master of Ceremonies
* GS+ Magazine Back Issues Available Again
* Samurai IRC Client Released
* KeGS 32 Updated
* KeGS for Mac OS X?!
* New Issue of Juiced.GS Released
* Spectrum Related News
** Spectrum 2.5.2 Released
** New Spectrum Automated File Exchange Debuts
** Spectrum Internet Suite's New Home on the Web
* Help Wanted

* Delphi Electronic Mail to End June 1, 2001

For those still clinging to their delphi.com email addresses, Delphi let
them know that their email would stop working as of June 1, 2001.  Whether
this actually has happened is unconfirmed, but it's not advisable to keep
using an email address that the domain owner has said is going away
quickly. . .

* Inaugural Vintage Computer Festival East Announced

The first Vintage Computer Festival East will be held on July 28-29 in
Marlborough, Massachusetts at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade
Center.  The dates unfortunately coincide with KansasFest.

For more information, check http://www.vintage.org/2001/east/

* Ken Gagne Announced as KFest Roast Master of Ceremonies

The Grand Gouda of KFest, Steve "Godzilla" Gozdziewski has announced that
veteran KFester Ken Gagne will serve as the Master of Ceremonies for this
year's KansasFest Roast of Juiced.GS publisher Max Jones.  Ken will be
selecting roasters from the KansasFest attendees to help to serve up
Indiana's Jones.  For more KansasFest information, check
http://www.kfest.org/.

* GS+ Magazine Back Issues Available Again

Syndicomm has reached an agreement with Ross Falconer to become exclusive
distributor of the long lost GS+ Magazine back issues and the software
that accompanied it.  Syndicomm owner Eric Shepherd also announced that
some issues are available immediately; work continues on getting other
issues back in print.  For more information, see
http://www.a2central.com/features/2001-05/01-gsplus.html and
http://www.a2central.com/shop/gsplus.html.

Editor's comment: it's been rumored on the Internet for some time that
these issues had been made available as freeware or public domain.  Just
goes to show that you can't always believe what you read, especially on
the Internet.

* Samurai IRC Client Released

Ninjaforce announced the immediate availability of their Internet Relay
Chat (IRC) client, Samurai, a Classic Desk Accessory that allows you to
chat over the Internet via Marinetti.  More information can be gathered
from the Ninjaforce World Wide Web site at http://www.ninjaforce.com/.

* KeGS 32 Updated

A new release of KeGS 32 for Windows 95 and later has been released.
Improvements include a vastly improved interface for removal and insertion
of disks.  For details, see http://www.geocities.com/akilgard/kegs32/.

* KeGS for Mac OS X?!

Syndicomm.com member Wayne Arthurton has reported successfully compiling
KeGS under Mac OS X.  While it's still in a very early state, you can see
the details at http://www.apple2gs.com/.

* New Issue of Juiced.GS Released

Juiced.GS publisher Max Jones announced that the inaugural issue of Volume
6 of Juiced.GS has been sent to subscribers throughout the world.  This
issue includes a great article on 3.5 Drive maintenance by Alltech
Electronics' Tony Diaz.  For more information, see
http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs/.

* Spectrum Related News

A few Spectrum related notes:

** Spectrum 2.5.2 Released

A new version of Spectrum, 2.5.2, has been released.  Owners of earlier
versions can receive updates through Shareware Solutions II.  For details
on the cost of upgrading, see
http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko/spectrum.html.

** New Spectrum Automated File Exchange Debuts

Spectrum author Ewen Wannop announced the release of a new set of Spectrum
scripts, called SAFE or Spectrum Automated File Exchange.  These scripts
give Spectrum the power to transfer files via File Transfer Protocol.
They are freely available and require Spectrum 2.5.2.  For more details
see http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/.

** Spectrum Internet Suite's New Home on the Web

Geoff Weiss, author of many Apple II programs including Spectrum Internet
Suite, has announced that the Apple IIgs specific browser now has a new
home on the World Wide Web.  For more information, check out
http://sis.gwlink.net/.

* Help Wanted

Finally, we need help here at A2NandN!  I would like to have a new editor
on board by the end of the year 2001.  If you are interested, please email
me at a2.ryan@syndicomm.com.


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